Tricholoma personatum

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.48

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of three fungi accompanied by text, written in pencil, to the right of drawing: the fungi are squat with wide stalks; the specimen furthest to left has a convex cap executed in shades of lavender and shaded in brown; the gill area is visible and the stalk is lavender and grey; measures 2 3/8 inches; the specimen to its right is 1 3/4 inches in height with a lavender domed cap and wide bulbous base; below is the third specimen which measures 2 3/8 inches in height; all rest on strokes of black; on the right is a column of text headed with "73. Tricholoma personatum / Pileus convex then expanded / moist, (cannot decipher word), greyish / purple turning paler / with a grayish brown / tinge margin inrolled / gills are crowded, rounded / next to stem violet lilac / when young turning / paler or tinged with / greyish brown / Spores whitish purplish salmon. / Stem solid, fibrous smooth / deep lilac when young / becoming paler- some / specimens had longer and less marked bulbous / at the base - / Buck Hill Falls / Pa / Sept 26 1919 / Growing in woods, among much / decayed leaves-".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Date made: Sept. 26, 1919

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 26.7 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Small tear with missing corner, upper left edge.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27A

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial